Ventura County has gotten itself some unlikely cheerleaders. After years of grousing about the backbreaking cost of doing business here, several dozen executives this week banded together with local politicians to form the Red Team--a self-declared "strike force" dedicated to selling Ventura County. "It's time Ventura County begins to roll out the red carpet and tear up the red tape," said Assemblyman Nao Takasugi (R-Oxnard), who founded the group Thursday.

Ventura County has gotten itself some unlikely cheerleaders. After years of grousing about the backbreaking cost of doing business here, several dozen executives this week banded together with local politicians to form the Red Team--a self-declared "strike force" dedicated to selling Ventura County. "It's time Ventura County begins to roll out the red carpet and tear up the red tape," said Assemblyman Nao Takasugi (R-Oxnard), who founded the group Thursday.